Car-coupling



(No Model.)

E. WOOD.

. GAR COUPLING.

No. 309,673. Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

Hist rian drarns llhrriaivr @rrrcra ENOOH \VOOD, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,673, dated December 23, 1884.

Applicatinn'filed September 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ENOOI'I WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar- Coupling Attachments and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

The object of my invention is a car-coupling attachment by which two railroad-cars may be instantly coupled and uncoupled, operated from the platform or from either side without danger. I accomplish this object by the mechanism hereinafter described, and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation view of a d rawhead connected with a section of a platform with all. the parts of my attachments in place; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the same, the dotted lines indicating different positions of the parts as well as intercepted views.

The parts are indicated by letters, and simi lar letters refer to similar parts throughout.

My attachments are in two combinations of parts, one of which is to raise and lower the coupling-pin, and the other is to bring the link to a position to enter the cavity of the drawhead of the contiguous car. The parts that move the c pling-pin are a, l), c, and (Z. The part a, which is designed to support and guide the pin, is a perpendicular hall pipe of metal, divided longitudinally, ext-ending upward from the drawhead, to which it is attached by a foot and bolts, and located im inediatcly behind the pin-hole with its hollow forward, so as to partially incase the pin when raised. At the top it terminates in a complete pipe, capped or covered for greater security. Opposite the upper part of (4 occurs the part 0, connected with the platform by a ring and staple. This part, which is designed to trans mit motion from the double crank to the coupling-pin, is fully shown by the figure at the left of Fig. 2 in the drawings, and consists of a rectangular plate indented to something more than a half-circle in the forward edge to admit a,with a crossbar, to act underneath the head of the couplingpin, connecting the ends of the parts separated by the indentation, and of a movable ring attached, which acts with the staple. \Vhen the coupling-pin is fully down, the slope of this part from the staple dowlr ward to the pin-head is about forty-five degrees; but the slope is regulated by the height to which it is desired that the coupling-pin shall be raised. The axis of the double crank b t-urns'in the hooks h h,which extend forward horizontally from the end of the platform upon each side of a, and at each end the aXis,which is prolonged, is bent at right angles, forming handles. lVhen in place with the couplingpin down, the arms of the double crank are above and backward of the axis,with the rod which connects them underneath and in contact with the part 0. The part (I is a rod bent in two places at right angles, so as to represent three sides of a parallelogram, the ends being curved around that part of b which con nccts the arms of the double crank in which it turns. The perpendicular parts of (Z are slightly curved backward, and are held in place'by a long staple driven into the end of the platform near its upper edge, so that they may move therein upward and downward. The edge of the platform is protected from wear by an iron rod.

To raise the coupling-pin so as to liberate the link, the brakeman with his foot forces the part d downward and backward,which throws forward the double crank, raising e and with it the coupling-pin. When (2 is relieved of prcssure,the weight of the coupling-pin causes it to drop downward and returns the several parts to place. ll the brakcman is at the side of the car, he uses a handle at the end of the axis of the double crank.

The parts of the attachment for handling the link are t, j, and k. The part i is a bar of metal bent at right angles at two points, so as to represent three sides of a parallelogram. The space on the open sidc,or between the two arms, is something greater than the draw-head, which is pivoted between them, the open side of ibeing in the rear. The rods j j are attached to the ends of the arms of q; in rear of the pivots, and extend right and left at right angles with the arms of i, terminating in bends for handles. The upright rod is is connected with one of the rods 7' j by an articulating attachment, and extends upward a suitable distance above the platform for'convenience, and is held in place by staples driven into the end of the platform, permitting an upward and downward motion. The brakeman, by pressing downward the rod k, turns the part 2' upon the pivots, the forward part of which is thus moved upward, carrying the link upon its cross-bar to the position required for entry into the cavity of the draw-head of the approaching car. The same motion is also obtained by the brakeman at the side of the car by means of the handle upon the nearest rod j.

It will be readily seen that by the mechanisms described cars may be coupled and uncoupled either from the platform or the sideinstantly, and with perfect immunity from the accidents that so frequently occur with the means of coupling generally used.

My attachments are cheaply and readily made of iron by the methods in which iron is usually worked.

What I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-coupler, the combination of the upright guide-case a, the connection 0, grasping the pinbelow the head and hinged to the platform, the double crank b, and the frame d, the whole arranged as described, whereby the coupling-pin may be elevated, substantially as specified' 2. In a car-coupler, the combination, with the lifting-frame i, for elevating the couplinglink, of the rod 76, connected to said liftingframe by means of a link, and extending upmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. 4 5

ENOOH lVOOD.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN FELLOWS, B. F. WIR'l. 

